The Red Dead Online beta rewarded day-one and launch weekend players of Red Dead Redemption 2 by letting them get a head start before it opened up to everyone on Friday. You can now download the beta now – it weighs in at 5.5GB on PS4 and Xbox One.

How to get on the Red Dead Online beta

This is easy enough. The Red Dead Online beta is now open to everyone on PS4 and Xbox One who owns Red Dead Redemption 2. It’s free to play.

When you start up the game, just look to the top right of the menu screen and you’ll see the option to join the Red Dead Online beta.

Red Dead Online modes

If you want to play solo, that’s absolutely fine. There will be multiple missions available to play either solo, co-op or competitively, and you should expect these to be given to you by a few familiar faces from Red Dead Redemption 2. In fact, there’s a whole bunch of missions available that also take into account your Honor Rating.